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Olympics Day 8 - Badminton
[8/16/2008]
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[7/21/1996]
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Jung-Su Lee - 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

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$26 Sep 2000: Kwon Ho Sim of Korea (centre) wins Gold, Lazaro Rivas of Cuba (left) wins Silver and Yong Gyun Kang of North Korea wins Bronze (right) in the Mens 54 Kg Greco Roman Wrestling at the Exhibition Halls in Darling Harbour on Day Eleven of theSydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Al Bello /Allsport$
Kwon Ho Sim, Lazaro Rivas Yong Gyun Kang
[9/26/2000]
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Yu-Na Kim - 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

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[9/20/2000]
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Jung-Su Lee - 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

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[2/12/2006]
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SAABD112
[8/9/1992]
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Korea Opportunity
[7/30/2012]
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[8/1/1996]
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[7/21/1996]
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Olympics Day 5 - Baseball
[8/13/2008]
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Olympics Day 3 - Badminton
[8/11/2008]
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Maitrejean Scores
[8/2/2012]
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Archers Receive Their Medals
[7/29/2012]
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Ball In Focus
[8/8/2012]
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Jung-Su Lee - 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

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YAAIG006
[9/21/2000]
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Olympics Day 2 - Swimming
[8/10/2008]
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Yu-Na Kim - 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

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Yu-Na Kim - 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

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Korea Speed Skating Team - 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

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XAADK056
[2/17/1998]
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Golden Moment For Republic Of Korea
[7/29/2012]
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25 Videos

ABALLI Jesus Iory, GRANBASSI Margherita - Italy, Korea
[8/11/2008]
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$"In men\'s 77kg weightlifting, South Korean Sa Jaehyouk wins gold by virtue of his lighter body weight. Li Hongli of the People\'s Republic of China snatches 168kg to lead the lifters into the clean and jerk portion of the competition. Sa hoists 203kg to tie Li\'s combined total of 366kg. The tiebreak goes to the lighter lifter and Sa Jaehyouk stands on top of the medal podium. Weightlifting Men 77kg Final - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - Sa Jaehyouk (KOR), Li Hongli (CHN), Gevorg Davtyan (ARM) "$
Korean Sa Edges LI Of China For Gold
[8/13/2008]
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$London 2012 - The Chinese women\'s fencing team beat Republic of Korea at the ExCel to take gold in the Team Épée competition. Watch highlights of their thrilling match.$
China V Republic Of Korea Team Épée Final - Full Replay
[8/4/2012]
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$Park Taehwan claims Olympic gold with a brilliant performance in the 400m freestyle, winning the first swimming Olympic title for South Korea. Park hits the wall first in 3:41.86, Zhang Li of China, takes the silver medal home in 3:42.44, followed very closely by American Larsen Jensen. With this win, Park becomes the first asian swimmer to win a gold medal in this event. Swimming Men\'s 400m Freestyle Final - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - Park Taehwan (KOR), Zhang Li (CHN), Larsen Jensen (USA)$
Park Taehwan Gets First Swimming Gold For His Country
[8/10/2008]
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$Dream Comes True For South Korea\'s Footballers$
Dream Comes True For South Korea\'s Footballers
[8/11/2012]
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$The chinese Wang is the new Olympic Champion in front of the American Reutter and the Korean Park in Women\'s 1000m Short Track Speed Skating Final$
Wang Wins The Final
[3/1/2010]
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The Olympic Podium
[3/1/2010]
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, KINNUNEN Jarkko - Korea, United States Of America
[2/10/2006]
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$London 2012 - Republic of Korea\'s Archery team arrived at the London 2012 Olympic Games with two clear aims - to maintain a proud tradition in the sport and end one of its most curious anomalies, the lack of a men\'s Individual gold medal.$
Archery Review - In Pictures
[8/14/2012]
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$Lee Hyunil of South Korea triumphs over Chinese Bao Chunlai to secure a place in the singles semifinal. Lee Hyunil takes the quarterfinal match, winning 23-21, 21-11. In the second quarterfinal, the reigning world champion Lin Dan triumphs over Peter Hoeeg Gade of Denmark. Lin Dan dominates the match, winning 21-13, 21-16 to keep his hopes of gold alive. Badminton Singles Men\'s Quarterfinal - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics$
Lee Hyunil And Lin Dan Keep Hopes Of Gold Alive
[8/21/2008]
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$Yang Zhou of China outsprints Lee and Park of South Korea in the women\'s 1500m short-track speed skating. Don\'t miss Zhou\'s amazing overtaking manoeuvre at 2.04.$
Zhou Powers To Victory
[3/1/2010]
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$London 2012 - Ukraine\'s Vasyl Lomachenko wins his second Olympic Games title after defeating Soonchul Han of the Republic of Korea in the men\'s Lightweight final at the ExCeL.$
Lomachenko Beats Han To Lightweight Gold
[8/12/2012]
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$London 2012 - Rafael Silva of Brazil competes with Sung-Min Kim of Republic of Korea in the men\'s +100kg judo bronze medal match at the ExCel. Watch the match in full.$
Brazil Battles South Korea For +100kg Judo Bronze - Full Replay
[8/3/2012]
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$Cha Dongmin of South Korea wins gold versus Alexandros Nikolaidis of Greece in the men\'s heavyweight taekwondo final. The match is closely contested for three rounds, but Cha registers the last scoring blow in the third round to win 5-4. In the bronze medal match, Cuban Angel Valodia Matos is disqualified and then banned for life for kicking the referee in the face. Taekwondo +80kg (Heavyweight) Final Men - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - Alexandros Nikolaidis (GRE) vs Cha Dongmin (KOR)$
South Korea Wins Another Gold
[8/23/2008]
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$Pang Wei of the People\'s Republic of China captures the gold in the men\'s 10m air pistol final. Jin Jong Oh of South Korea is Pang\'s closest competition, but Pang leads from start to finish and finishes first with 688.2. Jin gets silver and Jason Turner of the USA receives the bronze medal. Shooting 10m Air Pistol Final Men - Beijing 2008 - Pang Wei (CHN), Jin Jong Oh (KOR), Jason Turner (USA)$
Pang Earns Another Gold For China
[8/9/2008]
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$South Korea\'s Lee Takes The Gold$
South Korea\'s Lee Takes The Gold
[3/1/2010]
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$Canada is the new Olympic Champion in front of Korea and United States in Mens\' 5000m Relay Short Track Speed Skating Final$
Canada Wins The Final
[3/1/2010]
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$Winners In Ladies\' 3000 M Relay$
Winners In Ladies\' 3000 M Relay
[3/1/2010]
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Kim Soo Nyang - Best Female Archer Of All Time
[9/15/2000]
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$Lee Jung-Su, Lee Ho-Suk, Ohno, are the Olympics medalists in Men\'s 1000m Short Track Speed Skating$
Winners In 1000 M Men
[3/1/2010]
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$Jin Sun-Yu earns the 1000m Olympic title, claiming her second gold medal of these Games. In 1:32.859 Jin Sun-Yu crosses the finish line, closely followed by Wang Meng of China who settles for silver. Chinese Yang Yang (A) receives the bronze medal in 1:33.937. Short Track Speed Skating 1000m Women\'s Final - Turin 2006 Winter Olympics - Jin Sun-Yu (KOR), Wang Meng (CHN), Yang (A) Yang (CHN)$
Jin Sun-Yu Skates To Golden Victory
[2/10/2006]
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$The South Korean team wins the women\'s 3000m relay Olympic title, capturing the 4th short track speed skating gold medal for their country. South Korea crosses the finish line in 4:17.040, almost three tenths of a second ahead of the Canadian team. The Italian quartet earns the bronze medal in homesoil to the delight of the audience. Short Track Speed Skating 3000m Relay Women\'s Final - Turin 2006 Winter Olympics - KOR, CAN, ITA$
South Korean Quartet Captures 3000m Olympic Title
[2/10/2006]
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$Winners In Men\'s 5000 M Relay$
Winners In Men\'s 5000 M Relay
[3/1/2010]
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$The Mens\' 500 M Podium$
The Mens\' 500 M Podium
[3/1/2010]
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$London 2012 - Republic of Korea teenager Kim Jangmi beat reigning Olympic champion Chen Ying of China with her final round to win gold in the women\'s 25m Air Pistol. Watch highlights of the contest.$
Sharpshooter Kim Takes Air Pistol Gold
[8/1/2012]
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TOP MEDALISTS

ATHLETE MEDALS	Game	Medals
Soo-Nyung KIM	Sydney 2000 Barcelona 1992 Seoul 1988	1 1 1 1 2
Lee-Kyung CHUN	Nagano 1998 Lillehammer 1994	2 1 2
Jongoh JIN	London 2012 Beijing 2008 Athens 2004	2 1 1 1
Sung-Hyun PARK	Beijing 2008 Athens 2004	1 1 2
Hyun-Soo AHN	Turin 2006	3 1

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Londres 2012

Republic of Korea claim another gold Republic of Korea maintained their remarkable record in women's Team Archery, winning a seventh consecutive Olympic gold at Lord's Cricket Ground.

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Identity Card

Address	Olympic Centre 424, Olympic-ro Songpa-gu Seoul 138-749 Republic of Korea
Phone	+82 2 420 4214
Fax	+82 2 420 4602
Email	koc@sports.or.kr
Website	http://www.sports.or.kr/eng

HCard

Creation date	1946
Recognition date	1947
President	Dr Jung Haeng KIM
Secretary General	Mr Jaiwan YANG

Korean Olympic Committee

Olympic Medals

Olympic Summer Games

Olympic Games

Medals

London 2012	-	Gold medals: 13	Silver medals: 8	Bronze medals: 7
Beijing 2008	-	Gold medals: 13	Silver medals: 10	Bronze medals: 8
Athens 2004	-	Gold medals: 9	Silver medals: 12	Bronze medals: 9
Sydney 2000	-	Gold medals: 8	Silver medals: 10	Bronze medals: 10
Atlanta 1996	-	Gold medals: 7	Silver medals: 15	Bronze medals: 5
Barcelona 1992	-	Gold medals: 12	Silver medals: 5	Bronze medals: 12
Seoul 1988	-	Gold medals: 12	Silver medals: 10	Bronze medals: 11
Los Angeles 1984	-	Gold medals: 6	Silver medals: 6	Bronze medals: 7
Montreal 1976	-	Gold medals: 1	Silver medals: 1	Bronze medals: 4
Munich 1972	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 1	Bronze medals: 0
Mexico 1968	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 1	Bronze medals: 1
Tokyo 1964	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 2	Bronze medals: 1
Melbourne / Stockholm 1956	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 1	Bronze medals: 1
Helsinki 1952	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 0	Bronze medals: 2
London 1948	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 0	Bronze medals: 2

Olympic Winter Games

Olympic Games

Medals

Vancouver 2010	-	Gold medals: 6	Silver medals: 6	BBronze medals: 2
Turin 2006	-	Gold medals: 6	Silver medals: 3	BBronze medals: 2
Salt Lake City 2002	-	Gold medals: 2	Silver medals: 2	BBronze medals: 0
Nagano 1998	-	Gold medals: 3	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 2
Lillehammer 1994	-	Gold medals: 4	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 1
Albertville 1992	-	Gold medals: 2	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 1